Facebook's Creative Labs has spawned plenty of hits and quite a few misses in recent times, ranging from Paper to Facebook Groups, and today, has thrown out another interesting concept in the form of Riff. It's a concoction of services like Slingshot and Snapchat, allowing users to create and share videos of up to 20 seconds, with the general idea being that other users will add their own bit of footage running along a similar theme. So where you'll have single, short videos, users will also be able to create Stories a la Snapchat, but in a combined effort as everyone chimes in with their clips.
WhatsApp voice calling on Android is now a feature which is available to each and every user out there, and in order to access it, you don't have to jump through hoops and loops like you used to before. For more details on this, head past the jump.
It has long been rumored that Facebook would add a payments system permitting those on its network to transfer money between one another, and today, said feature has been announced. Although not ready to roll out just yet, users of Facebook's Messenger app will soon be able to send money to other users, and notably, it's completely free of charge.
Here’s how you can activate or enable WhatsApp voice calling feature (VoIP) on Android right away. More details and step-by-step guide can be found here.
It's not uncommon for Google Play Store apps to go free for a limited time, but it is rare for nigh-on 150 apps drop their prices all in one fell swoop. Below, we have a list of 134 Android apps waiting to be downloaded, and if you like a bargain, this tidy collection saves you hundreds of dollars off the usual retail price.
Google has finally launched the rumored YouTube Kids app for its younger audience, and the piece of software is currently available for both the Android and iOS platforms. Details and download links to follow right after the jump.
We regularly cover free iOS and Mac apps over the weekend for the inquisitive deal hunters out there, but Android freebies are a rarity. Even though the Amazon Appstore offers one app free every week, it doesn't offer much of a choice for users, which is why every once in a while, the retail giant does what it does best: release a plethora of apps for free in a limited time offer. This time around, the apps are worth $140 in total, and we take a look at what these are.
The ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 kicks off in just a few days, with February 14th being the start of the eleventh world competition to take place in a sport that is massive around the world. As with every big sporting event, whether that be the Olympics or FIFA World Cup, people want to keep up to speed with how well their team is doing, as well as those that they are going to be competing against. Now they can do just that when the Cricket World Cup starts, thanks to the official app for both iOS and Android.
Google Now has been around for quite a while now and it has been quietly gaining some impressive abilities over the last couple of years. Having Google Now look at your emails and then surface important information like flight data or shipping notices from Amazon will never get old, and now according to a Google blog post, things are about to get a whole lot more interesting.
Although iOS, Android and Windows Phone all compete in the ongoing battle of the mobile platforms, it still makes sense for each of their respective vendors to create and maintain apps that serve a wider audience beyond their own ecosystems. Sure, Apple's only charitable donation to the Play Store and Windows Phone Store is the inherited Beats Music at this point, but Microsoft is a lot more generous in this regard, and adding to a fleet of utilities already available at the App and Google Play Stores, the software giant has just dropped an official Outlook app for both iOS and Android, which is actually a rebranded and toned up Acompli app that it acquired back in December of last year. Full details, as well as those all-important download links, can be seen after the leap.
















